‘Facts are stubborn’ – ODM director refutes Morara Kebaso’s membership standing
‘Facts are stubborn’ – ODM director refutes Morara Kebaso’s membership standing
Friday thirteenth December, 2024 03:45 PM|
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ODM occasion director of communications Philip Etale has refuted remarks made by youthful politician Morara Kebaso on the standing of his membership with the enormous opposition occasion.
In a press release on Friday, December 13, 2024, Etale indicated that Kebaso solely joined the occasion’s life membership subscription two years in the past when he wished to contest the Utawala Ward election in 2022.
This comes after Kebaso, famed for exposing the federal government’s stalled initiatives, indicated throughout a neighborhood TV morning present that he had been in ODM seven years in the past.
“The truth is that whatever he (Kasmuel McOure) is doing at ODM is something I did there seven years ago. I was a youth leader in ODM when I was 22 years old,” Kebaso famous throughout the breakfast present.
Life Membership
“I spent some of my Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) money to pay for premium membership of Ksh20,000.”
However, ODM’s communication chief Etale indicated that Kebaso’s life membership solely started two years in the past.
“Life membership of the ODM party is voluntary. Anyone willing to join the party can choose to be an ordinary, life or corporate member. All these are on a voluntary basis. However, anyone vying for an elective seat must be a life member, and must pay a standard fee of Ksh20,000,” Etale said.
“In the case of Morara Kebaso, he applied for his life membership on the 22/09/22, when he was contesting for the delayed Utawala Ward election. This is 2 years ago and not 7 years ago as he has claimed in the media. Facts are stubborn but they must be told.”
Mainstream political events
On Thursday, November 14, 2024, Kebaso claimed {that a} critical concerted effort was underway to swallow the Gen Z leaders into mainstream political events.
However, Kebaso vowed that he wouldn’t be swayed by the transfer, assuring his supporters that he has no intentions of becoming a member of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA), the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) or the Wiper Democratic Movement.
He went forward to disclose that he had fashioned his Injection of National Justice, Economic and Civic Transformation (INJECT) occasion after anticipating the plan to swallow the Gen Zs and kill their motion.
“There is a very serious concerted effort to swallow all GenZ leaders into mainstream political parties to teach them the old corrupt style of politics. That is why we formed the INJECT Party. We will chart our own path. I will not join UDA or ODM or WIPER their time is over. It is our time now. Consistency to the end,” Kebaso acknowledged.
